David Marcus – the head of Facebook’s blockchain department – says that the social media company’s new cryptocurrency wallet Novi is ready to go. David Marcus Is Ready to Unleash Novi Novi has been a long time in the making. The wallet is designed to accompany the firm’s new Diem cryptocurrency, which many fans and anticipators still refer to as “Libra.” That was the name the currency originally traveled under when initially announced in the summer of 2019. As a former...
Read More »Substack Debuts Bitcoin Subscription Payments via the Lightning Network
San Francisco-based online publishing platform Substack has enabled support for bitcoin payments for subscriptions to publications through the use of the Lightning Network. Substack has collaborated with OpenNode, a bitcoin payment processor, for the BTC payment option. OpenNode made the announcement via a press release on Monday (August 23rd, 2021). With the latest development, readers would be able to pay with BTC for subscriptions on the Substack platform. However, this...
Read More »Poly Network Drama is Over: Hacker Returns the Remaining $141 Million
The Poly Network drama seems to be officially over as the hacker has returned the remaining $141 million, according to a blog post from the DeFi project. ‘Full Asset Restoration’ Begins As per the announcement, at 8:39 AM UTC, Mr. White Hat gave his private key to the 3/4 multi-signature wallet in an embedded message, retrieving the 28,853 ETH and 1,032 WBTC (Wrapped BTC) left and giving Poly Network the green light to return full asset control to users. The team had to...
Read More »Integrated DeFi Hub OpenSwap Raises $1.5M in Latest Funding Round
[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 23rd August, 2021] OpenSwap, the interchain DeFi Hub and liquidity booster for traders, has raised $1.5 million in its latest funding round. Led by prominent VC firms NGC Ventures and Coin98 Ventures, the round attracted investment from BR Capital, Legos Capital, Double Peak Group, Prime Block Capital, Illusionist Group, and All In Ventures. Several notable angel investors also contributed. The latter group included StakeDAO CEO Julien...
Read More »Google Trends: Bitcoin Interest is Far From Yearly Highs Despite BTC Surpassing $50K
Many reports in the past have confirmed that bitcoin’s price increase is often followed by a significant rise in interest in the leading cryptocurrency, especially from retail investors. Now, though, the situation seems rather different. Bitcoin Price and Interest Usually Correlate As reported in Q3 last year, when bitcoin started hitting highs after highs, months after a severe crash during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impressive price movements received wide...
Read More »Litecoin: Die Krytpowährung, welche auch ohne Schlagzeilen funktioniert
Litecoin Foundation bietet mit Cred Kooperation Zinsen für LTC Einlagen an Litecoin befindet sich erneut auf Rekordkurs. Der LTC lief lange Zeit unter dem Radar, konnte sich mit Unterstützung von PayPal und Co. jedoch zunehmend etablieren. Vom Allzeitrekord ist man jedoch noch weit entfernt. Aber Litecoin hat einen grossen Vorteil: Es war die einzige Major Coin, welche auch...
Read More »Xfinite’s Mzaalo dApp Launches Blockchain-Based Rewards Ecosystem
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Mumbai, India, August 23rd, 2021. Xfinite’s Mzaalo platform, a video streaming application in the gamified video and entertainment ecosystem has announced the launch of a blockchain based reward ecosystem which provides consumers with cashbacks, celebrity experiences, and rewards across 600+ established brands. Mzaalo has a unique proposition where users are rewarded with Mzaalo coins for watching premium entertainment content across...
Read More »DAO VC Conducts a Lottery for Participants in the Closed AMA
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] On Thursday, August 26th, 2021, the decentralized autonomous venture ecosystem DAO.VC will hold a private AMA session, during which it will raffle prizes for $5,000. The founder and CEO of DAO.VC, Georgy Galoyan, a regular speaker of blockchain events, will participate in the AMA session. Additionally, founder of a marketing agency BZNTM.COM, project advisor Peter Bell will attend. The speakers will discuss the DAO.VC team, marketing,...
Read More »Gurtenfestival Plakat 2021 als NFT!
Offizielles Gurtenfestival Plakat 21 als NFT zu ersteigern! Sichere dir ein Stück Schweizer Musikgeschichte: Ersteigere jetzt das etwas andere offizielle Gurtenfestival Plakat 2021 als NFT! 2021 gibt es zum zweiten Mal in Folge kein Gurtenfestival. Wir wollen in diesem Sommer trotzdem etwas Güsche-Feeling verbreiten und halten dieses spezielle Jahr visuell fest: Mit dem offiziellen Festivalplakat 2021. «Gurtenfestival 2021 – das schönste...
Read More »Stellar Lumen (XLM) Price Could Rally If It Breaks $0.39
Stellar lumen price started a decent increase above the $0.3500 resistance against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.3700 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.3880 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair is likely to continue higher above the $0.3900 and $0.4000 resistance levels. Stellar lumen price is showing positive signs above $0.3700 against the US Dollar,...
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